Windows 10 64 bit desktop computer/Intel i7-6700k CPU @ 4GHz, 32 GB RAM
ROON version 1.7, build 571 (stable)
I have Roon installed to use as a remote on the following devices:
Razer Blade 13 Windows 10 PC laptop - WiFi
Two iPad Air 2 tablets - WiFi
iPhones Xs - WiFi
Network Details (Including networking gear model/manufacturer and if on WiFi/Ethernet)
Router is an ASUS GT-AX11000 with two ASUS ZenWifi AX nodes.
Desktop PC (Core) has a CAT6 Ethernet connection to the router and the devices I use as remotes connect through WiFi
Audio Devices (Specify what device youāre using and its connection type - USB/HDMI/etc.)
Integra DTR 40.2 preamp and Emotiva LPA 6 amp
Streaming to a Cambridge Audio CXN V2 streamer using a hardwired CAT6 network connection
Description Of Issue
I want to be able to have Roon Core running in the background on my Windows desktop PC so if I exit the ROON GUI on the desktop, I can still access the music on the hard drive of my desktop PC and control streaming for all Nodes. I read several posts about using a Roon Server installation on a headless PC or NAS, but I am not using a NAS or headless PC.
I want the GUI available on my desktop PC for those times Iām using the Roon interface on that PC. The problem I have is when I close Roon on the Desktop PC, no other Roon Remotes can connect to the CORE. I guess I could just minimize Roon on the Desktop PC, but Iād rather close it and have the Roon Server continue to run in the background so system resources are freed upā¦
Should I install the RoonServer on my desktop PC and migrate the current installation Roon to that, so I can close the Roon GUI on the same machine and still have remote access to my server? If so, will I need to uninstall the full original installation I did of Roon and then reinstall the GUI version on top of the Server installation on my desktop PC?
Thanks for your help. I followed the directions in the link and successfully have the Roon Server running as the Core on my office desktop PC. I configured that Roon Server Core installation using a Roon Remote on my iPad and then installed Roon back on the original office desktop PC housing my Core, so I can use the GUI to control music. When I installed Roon on my office desktop PC, I connected it to the CORE already running on the same PC.
I can play and control all music sources from my desktop PC as well as the iPad and iPhone remotes, but I canāt see any images inside Roon. None of the album art from the files in the āMy Musicā folder of my office desktop PC show up anymore, nor do internet radio station icons or even my profile picture. When I look at My Music using another remote like my iPad or iPhone, I can see all the album art. Seems very odd not to show on the desktop PC when I can see it everywhere else. My linked Tidal account artwork is missing as well when I use the Roon Remote on my office desktop PC running my Roon Core. I can play the files in My Music from either my desktop PC, the desktop PC GUI or iPad and iPhone remotes. It looks like there is a very faint circle spinning where the artwork or my profile image should be when I use my office desktop PC installation of Roon remote, but no image loads.
I uninstalled Roon, then Roon Server Core and deleted my Roon folder so i could do a clean install. I still canāt see any of my local music album art or many of the Tidal icons. A few of the local music file albums have a grey cross-hatched square as album art, but the vast majority are just blank. I can click on what should hold the album art and I get a popup with arrows to select between different images, but there is no image to view. Bizarre!
Any ideas how to get my album art back? I have 3 days left on my trial and will keep it if I can square this away.Iām sure itās user error on my part, but I love looking at album art and want to be able to see it.
I was able to get things working properly by disabling my firewall/anti-virus (BitDefender Total Security), reinstalling the RoonServer and then creating exceptions for RoonServer in BitDefender. It was a ābitā of a pain, but I got through it and am once again loving Roon!
Well, I reported success too soon. The Artwork and profile picture have disappeared again from Roon on my office PC where I have RoonServer running in addition to Roon for controlling music when I listen in the office. I could go through the same steps of disabling my AV/Firewall, but that will be a pain every few days. I had also created exceptions in my AV and Firewall for the Roon, roonserver and roonappliance exe files in their respective C:\users\my name\appdata\local folders. Any other ideas? I assume itās related to a compatibility issue with BitDefender Total Security.
Apologies if I misunderstand what you want, but judging by the title of your post, I think there is some confusion as to what the various pieces of Roon do.
To accomplish what you want you donāt need both RoonServer and Roon.
The software that Roon Labs calls āRoonā has all the pieces you need.
That would be Core, Control (i.e. Remote), and Output (i.e. Endpoint or Zone),
What are you accomplishing by having both Roon and RoonServer?
Itās true some people run that way, but for very specific reasons.
Iām certainly not the expert here, but Iām not sure you can run Roon server and full blown Roon on the same computer at the same time. Maybe you can, but when I read the posted Roon KB, it talks about Roon server on one computer and Roon on another computer, unless I misunderstood what I read.
Yes you can run them both but you can only authorize one of the 2 at a time. They setup as different cores so have different database setups if you chose to run the roon all in one as a core.
Thanks for the prompt replies! I wanted to have Roon Server running in the background so I can close the Roon GUI when Iām not actively using my office computer. This allows me to still keep my office desktop PC as my Roon Core so I can control music in other areas of my house, while minimizing resources running on my office desktop PC. There are times Iām in the office and actively using the Roon GUI to control music and other times I start a playlist on the office computer and donāt touch the Roon GUI, so I want to be able to close it and not lose connection to the Core for my other Controls and End Points.
Iāve run this way on both Mac and windows platforms for 4+ years and no issues at all. Roon Sever for the core and Roon for remote. Roon server without the graphics overhead is much less demand on the system when itās not being used as a visual interface.
I run my roon servers in headless mode exclusively anyway unless I happen to be remote to the system and want to update the roon client
Yeah, itās deja vue all over again. Weāve had this discussion before.
My reply is always the same. I donāt see the need for such unnecessary complication on any reasonably specāed computer.
If one wants to sometimes allow and sometimes limit access to the GUI, thatās something different, but in most cases I consider that to be over engineeringā¦
Running both doesnāt really matter, except when itās done out of confusion.
Another forum argument thatās just a tempest in a tea pot.
My PC has plenty of power for Roon to run in the background. The problem Iām having is that Roon as a stand alone installation keeps getting shutdown, so I canāt access the Core from the other remotes. Thatās the main reason I wanted to have the Core running in the background separately, so if my wife or I exit the Roon GUI we can still control our music from other remotes.
It would be great if Roon had an option that allowed it to be minimized to the tray when selecting the āXā instead of closing the program. Roon is new for our family and Iāll eventually train folks to leave it running. For now itās just a minor annoyance.
